Hog-oiler.



C. H. GOETSCHE.

HOG OILER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l9. I916.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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CHARLES H. GOETSCHE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HOG-OILER.

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Application filed June 19, 1916.

0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Cinemas H. GoETsoHE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the'county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hog-Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hog oilers, and more especially to that classwhich is actuated by the rubbing of a hog against it, to supply a fixedquantity of oil to the part against which the animal rubs in order thatthe oil shall be applied to the animal at the point at which heendeavors to secure relief.

The object of my invention is to produce a hog oiler of the charactermentioned which will perform its function efficiently, and which issimple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construc tion and organization of parts as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that it may be more clearlyunderstood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1, is a front view of a hog oiler embodying my invention. Fig. 2,is a side elevation with part of the oiler shown in central verticalsection on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section on theline 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a horizontal section on the line 44 ofFig. 1.

In the said drawing 1 is a board or backing of suitable length andadapted to be bolted to a post, building or other suitable support.

2 is an angle bracket having its vertical arm fitting against thebacking 1 and secured thereto by bolts 3, the said arm having slots 4:engaging the bolts so that the bracket can be disenga ed from the latterwithout the necessity of withdrawing the clamping bolts from thebacking. The upper or hori zontal arm of the angle bracket is in theform of a plate 5 having a central depressed portion or bowl 6, and anupstanding flange 7, the latter fitting within the lower end of an oiltank 8, resting upon the horizontal arm or plate 5 of the bracket. Theangle bracket is provided centrally with a vertical tubular boss 9 atthe rear side of the bowl 6, and the side walls of the said bossSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented dept. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 104,633.

extend upward beyond the arm or plate 5 of the bracket, and between saidside walls the rear wall of the bowl 6 is cut down so as to establishconnection between the cha1nber of said bowl and the passage through theboss, and the latter is provided with a transverse partition 10 dividingthe said partition into a front passage 11 and a rear passage 12.

Pivoted for movement in a vertical plane on a cross pin 13 mounted inthe side walls of the hollow boss near the upper end of the same, is aspoon 14: which normally extends downward and is immersed at its free orfront end in oil standing in the bowl to the top of the out-down portionthereof, and near its pivoted end said spoon is provided with an orifice15 through which oil dipped up by the spoon, is discharged into passage11, as hereinafter explained, and rearward of said orifice the spoon isprovided with a depending heel 16 against which forward pressure isapplied to raise the spoon to the position shown by dotted lines, Fig.2.

y 17 is a lever having its upper end forked and receiving the lower endof the hollow boss, and pivoted to said boss by a cross bolt 18 locatedrearward of the partition 10, and said lever, above said bolt, isreduced in width to form an extension 1S terminating rearward of theheel of the spoon to apply forward pressure upon said heel to cause thespoon to rock until its front end is higher than its rear end so thatoil will flow from the spoon through the discharge orifice thereof, andin order that the quantity of oil may be regulated and determined theupper end of the extension lever carries a pin or screw 19 adjustabletoward and from the heel of the spoon accordingly as it is desired thatthe bowl portion of the spoon shall be wholly or partly immersed in theoil in the bowl, the complete immersion of the spoon of course effectingthe discharge of a larger quantity of oil down into the passage 11 ofthe boss, than is effected when the bowl of the spoon is but partlyimmersed in the oil.

The upper end of the lever within the fork thereof slopes downward andforward at 20 so that oil dropping thereon after passing through passage11, flows down upon the front surface of the lever, and in order toretard this flow and at the same time afford a good rubbing orscratching surface, the face of the lever-is provided with two series ofoppositely inclined ribs 21, the inner or lower ends of the ribs of thetwo series breaking joint so that the oil as it flows down the face ofthe lever shall follow a tortuous course.

The lower end of the lever terminates in a tongue 22 engaging a slot 23of angle bracket 24 secured by bolts 25 to the backing 1; the verticalarm of saidbracket having notches 26 receiving said bolts, so that thebracket can be disengaged from the backing without removing the boltstherefrom.

To hold the lower end of the lever swung outward and to permit the bowlof the spoon to be normally lmme'rsed in the bowl of the first'namedbracket, a helical spring 27, is

"interposed between the lever and the backing below the pivotal point ofthe former, the lever having a rearwardly projecting boss 28 and thebacking a forwardly projecting boss 29 fitting in opposite ends of thespring to retain the same in position.

The oil tank is of the vacuum type, and occupies an inverted positionwhen standing upon the upper arm or plate of the first named bracket.The top 30 of the .tank when the same is inverted is spaced above thearm or plate, and is provided with a downwardly depending nozzle 31fitting loosely over an upstanding guide pin 31 in the bowl of said armor plate, and fitting in the said nozzle is a spherical valve 32 heldunseated by'said pin when the tank is in operative position, as shown,said valve being adapted to drop down in said nozzle and wedge in itsreduced end to prevent the escape of oil when the tank is withdrawnfromsaid-pin but is in an inverted position.

Bridging the enlarged end of nozzle 31is a cross'piece 33 to support thevalve when the tank is reversed in position for filling purposes, itbeing noted that when the valve rests on said cross piece, it does-notinterfere with the filling operation of the tank, and that as the tankis inverted, the valve drops to the reduced end of the nozzle and thusprevents the escape of oil therefrom until it is unseated by the saidpin, and in this connection it will be noted that the pin and nozzle aredisposed eccentrically of the bowl and tank respectively and thuseoeperate as guides with the flange 7 inthe placing of the tank inoperative position.

. To guard against the accidental dislodgment of the tank from operativeposition through a jolt or by a hog rearing up against it, a clover34tis pivoted to the upper end of the backing and rests upon the tank, thecover having a depending marginal flange 35 encircling the upper end ofthetank. V V V To prevent the cover being swung upward pivotal pointwith a downwardly facing shoulder 36 and engaging said shoulder is anL-shaped trigger 37 pivoted to the backing and held yielding against thepivoted end of the COVGI' by a retractile spring 38 secured at itsopposite ends to the front end of the trigger and to the backing. Thecover is rounded below its pivotal point so that when the tank is not inposition, it can swing downward until the underlying bowl and spoon areexposed for convenience in cleaning the same. The cover can also beswung upward and rearward to substantially the position shown by dottedlines, Fig. 2, to enable the attendant to readily place the tank in orremoy e it from position upon the arm or plate of the first namedbracket, it being understood of course that the trigger must first bepressed rearward of the said shoulder of the cover. After the tank isplaced in position the operator swings the cover down upon it and thetrigger automatically swings forward under the said shoulder.

When a hog rubs against the ribs of the lever to scratch himself, thelever swings rearward at its lower end toward or beyond a verticalposition, and at the same time the spoon swings upward and dischargesits contents as hereinbefore explained, the oil running down the leverand under the rubbing of the hog penetrating to his hide and therebyobtaining access to the vermin and killing the same, it being noted thata single operation of the lever effects the delivering of but a singlecharge of oil and that as soon as the hog releases the pressure on thelever the spring returns the latter to normal position and the spoondrops back into the oil in the bowl 6 and is therefore ready to deliveranother spoonful of oil to the lever when the same is again operated.

It will be understood that when the tank is first placed in invertedposition upon the arm or plate of the upper bracket and the trance ofair to the tank and arrests further escape of oil from the tank untilsuiiicient oil is removed from the underlying bowl to break the liquidseal at the lower end of the nozzle, and it will be understood of coursethat the lower end of .the said nozzle must occupy a lower plane thanthe cut down wall of said bowl, as otherwise the entire charge of oilfrom the tank would escape.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced ahog oiler embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable inthe statement of the object of the invention, and while I haveillustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, itwill be apparent that it is susceptible of modification in minorparticulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A hog oiler comprising a suitably supported bracket provided with abowl and an upright passage at one side of the bowl, means mounted uponthe bracket for charging the bowl thereof with a liquid, a spoon pivotedto the bracket above the level of the liquid and immersed at its freeend in the liquid in the bowl and provided above the level of the liquidwith an opening to discharge into said passage, and an upright leverpivoted below its upper end to said bracket and having its upperextremity in position to engage said spoon and adapted when its lowerend is pressed back, to rock said spoon until liquid spooned therebyfrom the bowl, shall flow through the said opening into said passage;said lever having a sloping surface vertically below said passage toreceive the liquid discharged from the spoon and conduct it to the frontface of ghe lever that it may flow downward on said ace.

2. A hog oiler comprising a' suitably supported bracket provided with abowl and an upright passage at one side of the bowl, means mounted uponthe bracket for charging the bowl thereof with a liquid, and forautomatically replenishing such supply of liquid when its level falls apredetermined distance, a spoon pivoted to the bracket above the levelof the liquid and immersed at its free end in the liquid in the bowl andprovided above the level of the liquid with an opening to discharge intosaid passage, and an upright lever pivoted below its upper end to saidbracket and having its upper extremity in position to engage said spoonand adapted when its lower end is pressed back, to rock said spoon untilliquid spooned thereby from the bowl, shall flow through the saidopening into said passage; said lever having a sloping surfacevertically below said passage to receive the liquid discharged from thespoon and conduct it to the front face of the lever that it may flowdownward on said face.

3. A hog oiler comprising a suitably supported bracket provided with abowl and an upright passage at one side of the bowl, means mounted uponthe bracket for charging the bowl thereof with a liquid, and forautomatically replenishing such supply of liquid when its level falls apredetermined distance, a spoon pivoted to the bracket above the levelof the liquid and immersed at its free end in the liquid in the bowl andprovided above the level of the liquid with an opening to discharge intosaid passage, an upright lever pivoted below its upper end to saidbracket and having its upper ex tremity in position to engage said spoonand adapted when its lower end is pressed back, to rock said spoon untilliquid spooned thereby from the bowl, shall flow through the saidopening into said passage; said lever having a sloping surfacevertically below said passage to receive the liquid discharged from thespoon and conduct it to the front face of the lever that it may flowdownward on said face, a bracket having a slot receiving the lower endof said lever to guide the same in its swinging movements, and a springexerting pressure on the lever tending to hold it in a downwardly andforwardly sloping position.

4. A hog oiler comprising a suitably supported bracket provided with abowl, and an upright passage at one side of the bowl, and an uprightpartition connecting the side walls of said passage, a lever having aforked upper end pivoted to the bracket at opposite sides of saidpassage, said lever being provided on its front face with downwardly andinwardly extending and overlapping baffle ribs and a downwardly andforwardly inclined surface leading to said ribbed surface at the base ofthe bifurcation, and with an extension projecting up through saidpassage at the back of the said partition thereof, a spoon pivoted tothe bracket and extending downwardly and forwardly into the bowl thereofand provided with an opening to discharge into said passage forward ofsaid partition and upon the inclined surface of said lever and providedalso with a depending heel in the path of forward movement of the upperend of said extension of the lever, and a pin carried by the upper endof said extension of the lever and adjustable toward and from the heelof said spoon, yielding means for holding the lever normally with itslower end pressed forward and its extension withdrawn from the heel ofthe spoon, means to brace the lever against lateral movement, means forcharging the bowl of the bracket with liquid to a predetermined depthand for replenishing the supply of liquid in the bowl when the level ofthe liquid therein has fallen a predetermined distance through removalsof liquid by said spoon.

5. A hog oiler comprising an upright backing, a bracket secured theretoand provided with a bowl, a passage at one side of said bowl, a spoonpivoted in the bracket and normally standing with its free or front endwithin the bowl and provided near its pivoted end with a dischargeopening and rearward of said opening with a depending heel, a leverfulcrumed near its upper end to the bracket and provided with an upperextension terminating back of said heel, and with an inclined surface atthe lower end of said passage, a bracket secured to the backing andprovided with a slot receiving the lower end of said lever, a springinterposed between the backing and the lever and tending to hold thelower end of the same at the front end of said slot, the upper end ofsaid lever, when its lower end is pressed toward the backing, applyingpressure on said heel to raise the free end of the spoon to a higherposition than the discharge opening thereof, an oil tank resting on thefirst-named bracket and provided with a valve-controlled nozzledepending into the said bowl, means within the bowl projecting into saidnozzle and holding the valve unseated to permit liquidto flow from thetank into the bowl until the lower end of said nozzle is submerged inthe liquid in the bowl, and means for holding the tank 7 reliably uponthe said bracket.

6. A hog oiler comprising an upright backing,a bracket secured theretoand provided'with a bowl, a pin standing in said bowl and an upstandingflange, a tank resting upon said bracket over said bowl and Within saidflange and provided with a nozzle depending within the bowl and fittingloosely on said pin, a valve Within said nozzle and supported on saidpin to leave the nozzle unobstructed to the flow of liquid from the tankinto the bowl, means adapted to be actuated to dip liquid from the bowland deliver it at a point below the bracket, a flanged cover engagingthe upper end and external surface of the tank and provided with adownwardly facing shoulder and a spring actuated triggermounted on thebacking and engaging said shoulder to prevent upward movement of thecover; said trigger being adapted to engage the pivoted end of the coverabove the shoulder to hold the cover in elevated position.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES H. GOETSCHE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. HAYSLER, ORVILLE A. HILLS.

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' Washington, I). O.

